25/04/2026
It’s ANZAC Day. And while we rightly honour the brave men and women who served, we want to take a moment for the animals who stood alongside them.
Dogs served as guards, messengers and companions. When telephone lines failed, dogs carried vital messages in canisters attached to their collars, trained to work through noise and chaos that would stop most of us in our tracks.
Of the 136,000 Australian horses sent to the First World War, only one ever came home. His name was Sandy.
We think about that a lot.
For their bravery and service, pigeons, dogs and horses were awarded war medals, the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. They earned every one.
These animals didn’t choose to go. They simply showed up, did their job, and gave everything they had..because that’s what animals do. They are loyal to the end.
At The Golden Bone Bakery, our whole world is built around the love between people and their animals. We see it every day, in the reviews you send us, in the photos of your dogs going wild for a treat, in the way your pup looks at you like you hung the moon.
That bond is ancient. It carried soldiers through some of the darkest moments in history.
Today we honour it.
Lest we forget: the soldiers, and the animals who never left their side. 🌹
